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Scientific Approaches to the Philosophy of Religion

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Yujin Nagasawa

    1. University of Birmingham, UK

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion (PFPR)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Yujin Nagasawa
      Pages 1-7

  3. Divine Attributes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The Necessity of God and the Psychology of Counterfactual Thinking

      • Robin Le Poidevin
      Pages 11-27

    3. Why Would Anyone Believe in a Timeless God? Two Types of Theology

      • Benjamin Murphy
      Pages 28-45

  4. God, Creation and Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. Darwin’s Argument from Evil

      • Paul Draper
      Pages 49-70

    3. Attributing Agency: Fast and Frugal or All Things Considered?

      • Graham Wood
      Pages 71-91

  5. God and the Universe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. On Non-Singular Space-times and the Beginning of the Universe

      • William Lane Craig, James D. Sinclair
      Pages 95-142

    3. The Theistic Multiverse: Problems and Prospects

      • Klaas J. Kraay
      Pages 143-162

  6. Religious Beliefs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. How Relevant Is the Cognitive Science of Religion to Philosophy of Religion?

      • David Leech, Aku Visala
      Pages 165-183

    3. The Rationality of Classical Theism and Its Demographics

      • T. J. Mawson
      Pages 184-201

  7. Religious Tolerance and Disagreement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. Coercion, Consequence and Salvation

      • Steve Clarke
      Pages 205-223

    3. Polarized Yet Warranted Christian Belief

      • David Efird
      Pages 224-234

  8. The Compatibility of Science and Religion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
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    2. Freedom, Science and Religion

      • Katherin A. Rogers
      Pages 237-254

    3. The Compatibility of Science and Religion: Why the Warfare Thesis Is False

      • Michael Ruse
      Pages 255-274
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About this book

Tackling central problems in philosophy of religion by referring to relevant theories and findings in cognitive science, anthropology, developmental psychology, decision theory, biology, physics, cosmology, the contributors address a range of topics, including divine attributes; God, creation and evolution; God and the universe; religious beliefs.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Birmingham, UK

    Yujin Nagasawa

About the editor

STEVE CLARKE James Martin Fellow in the Institute for Ethics and Science, Oxford Martin School and Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK; and Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, Australia WILLIAM LANE CRAIG Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, USA PAUL DRAPER Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University, USA DAVID EFIRD Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of York, UK KLAAS J. KRAAY Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ryerson University, Canada ROBIN LE POIDEVIN Professor of Metaphysics at the University of Leeds, UK DAVID LEECH Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Universities of Paris 10 and Blaise Pascal University, France TIM MAWSON Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Peter's College, University of Oxford, UK BENJAMIN MURPHY Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the Florida State University, Panama KATHERIN A. ROGERS Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delaware, USA MICHAEL RUSE Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science at Florida State University, USA JAMES D. SINCLAIR Physicist and Senior Combat Analyst for the United States Navy, USA AKU VISALA Research Fellow at the Academy of Finland and the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at the University of Oxford, UK GRAHAM WOOD Lecturer in Philosophy at University of Tasmania, Australia

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